Doug Bostrom

Viewing the hi-rez photo makes me think it's going to be a while before 24 hour turns are a thing, if ever.

Maybe a ceiling for our engineering capacity?

All the energy stored while going up has to come off in about 20', with all damage as "that'll just buff out." A stiff requirement.

#SpaceXStarship

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/spacex-got-good-heat-shield-data-for-starship-so-what-comes-next/

Starship’s heat shield appears to have performed quite well in test

The latest upgrades are looking good!"

Ars Technica
Aug 30, 2025 at 7:16pmWeb
Show threadFrank Bennett 🇯🇵Aug 30, 2025
@Doug_Bostrom +1. Given the orbital refuelling requirements to get out of LEO, quick turnaround would need to be not only possible, but completely routinized: ten out of ten launches and returns need to come off quickly and flawlessly, or the mission fails. Impressive engineering, but this project may be remembered as the LLM of rocket science.